Coluans
The Coluans are an alien species that feature in DC Comics.
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History
Origin
Modern Age
During the Rann/Thanagar war, the Coluans sided with the Rannians though one of their vessels was destroyed by a Durlan bioship which led to a loss to their alliance. (Rann-Thanagar War v1 #2)
31st century
Brainiac 5.1 entered into the Sleepnet and urged his people not to trust the Affiliated Planets as he deemed Colu too precious a jewel to ally itself with a consortium of such questionable morality. (Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #107)
In one future, the Colu was noted to had been a closed world that did not receive many visitors. It also continued to suffer from the reputation of Brainiac and his vault was one of the forbidden locations on the planet. Unknown to anyone, Brainiac 5 attempted to access the vault which activated the numerous weapons within it. This forced Querl Dox to call upon the Legion of Super-Heroes help where Ultra Boy threw the vault into space where it was hoped heavy starship weapons from the United Planets would destroy the facility without harming Colu. (Legion of Super-Heroes v7 #0)
Possible Future
According to Brainiac 8, the Coluans eventually abandoned their organic forms and became an entirely mechanical species that hated biological based beings. In this time, Colu rose to ascendance in the cosmos in the times after the Crisis but they were thwarted by the actions of Donna Troy. This resulted in Brainiac 8 travelling backwards in time with the aid of Brainiac in order to eliminate Troia in order to ensure Colu's rise to power.
Overview
In the 31st century, it was stated that the Coluans were a long lived species but one that reproduced rarely and that every child was priceless in their society. (Legion of Super-Heroes v7 #0)
Coluans were known to prefer theoretical research over applied science. (Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #107)
They employed a virtual world where much of their kind resided in order to share with one another what they had learnt during their waking hours. Entry was done so through bed-like pods where the subjects slept whilst their mind entered into this virtual space which was known as the Sleepnet. Those that entered into it were able to be read and accessed which made deception impossible inside of it. The unity of the Coluans in this state meant that they came to singular decisions for their entire race and transfer of data from the minds that made up the Sleepnet. (Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #107)
Members
- Dorvl : a male Coluan elder who regretted the damage caused by Brainiac's vault when it was incidently opened. (Legion of Super-Heroes v7 #0)
- Arvid Wix : a male elder Coluan who was skeptical on Brainiac 5's allies from the Legion of Super-Heroes and weary of Querl Dox due to his legacy as being a descendant of Colu's ancient overlords. (Legion of Super-Heroes v7 #0)
- Techne : (Telos v1 #2)
Notes
- The Coluans were created by Bill Finger and Wayne Boring where they made their first appearance in Action Comics v1 #216 (May, 1956).
- Grant Morrison's Action Comics amalgmated the name of the Coluan homeworld by calling it Yod-Colu.
- In the Justice mini-series comic, Brainiac intended to create a new group of his people on Earth starting with Aquaman's son who he called the new Coluans.
In other media
Television
- The Coluans make an appearance in the animated Legion of Super-Heroes where they were represented by Brainiac 5. In this continuity, they were shown to be a mechanical species with a hive mind that linked all members during an event known as the "alignment". They were shown to be remarkably advanced with digitizing technology though remained reserved and recluse on their homeworld. The Coluans attempted to reprogram Brainiac 5 when he was corrupted by the mind of Brainiac but were instead brainwashed by him after which he used them to digitize enter worlds before Brainiac 5 was freed from his ancestors control.
Appearances
- Legion of Super-Heroes v4 #107
- Rann-Thanagar War v1 #2
- Legion of Super-Heroes v7 #0 (2012)
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